The changing demographics in today's classrooms continues to transform school practices and programs as efforts increase to promote academic achievement of all students. The research examined the various ways in which ...

The purpose of this narrative inquiry study was to conduct an in-depth exploration of the perceptions of two students who graduated from an alternative education program. Perceptions of the students were focused on what ...

The use of virtual education to augment the traditional education system has become prominent in the hopes of solving educational problems that the traditional venue cannot address. Regardless of aspirations, roadblocks ...

The purpose of this deconstructive case study was to conduct a Foucauldian power/knowledge analysis constructed from the perceptions of three teachers at an intermediate school in South Texas regarding the role of the ...

All animals are perpetually besieged with stimuli and face an extraordinary array of choices. We constantly must decide to which stimuli to respond, as well as how and when to respond. Although the decision-making process ...

The focus of this doctoral research study was to present a qualitative narrative on how curriculum design and the formation of literary awareness within the ELA classroom is an embedded process that occurs during reading ...

Sabine Lake is an approximately 360 km2 estuary on the Texas-Louisiana border formed by the union of the Neches and Sabine Rivers. The estuary is unique in terms of its large oyster reef complex with no record of ...

Seagrass meadows are important primary producers and habitats in estuaries and near-shore marine environments, but many populations are in decline due to anthropogenic influences. Measurements of biomass are commonly used ...

As a relatively new but increasing issue, cross-cultural relationships are an area in need further study and understanding for counselors who work with couples and families. Most previous research in this area has been ...

This study investigated the relationship between listening and reading comprehension to
determine: (a) if there has been a change in the equalization age for these two modalities
from what was theorized by Thomas Sticht; ...

The purpose of the qualitative study was to identify the ways in which Student Affairs professionals in higher education in South Texas experienced and negotiated compassion fatigue through their everyday responsibilities. ...

It is in the best interest of the American educational system that novice reading teachers be provided with the opportunity for ownership of their pedagogy and be enabled to forge an identity that legitimatize them as an ...

In Texas, there is an increase in the enrollment of men of various ethnicities in nursing schools, especially Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) programs. As these men strive to complete the nursing education, they face many ...

The purpose of the current study was to examine the use of creative arts in group supervision and its perceived effects on case conceptualization and counselor development from the counselor-in-training's perspective. ...

The purpose of the study was to investigate Ylimaki's (2012) New Professional Curriculum Leader (NPCL) and Critical Curriculum Leader (CCL) identities among middle school administrators. Research gathered for this study ...

Estuaries are important transitional zones where freshwater and marine water meet and mix. This freshwater is referred to as freshwater inflows. Estuaries are the link between streams and rivers and the sea. Freshwater ...

Many states, including Texas, now require a bachelor’s degree for licensure as a professional land surveyor. Currently, only one university and a hand full of junior colleges in Texas offer land surveying degrees, and none ...

Red Snapper (<italic>Lutjanus campechanus</italic>) is the most economically important reef fish species in the Gulf of Mexico. Despite being intensively managed, stocks have been slow to recover from overharvest and the ...

Octocorals are broadly distributed throughout the world’s oceans, from the
shallow intertidal zone to deeper than 5800 meters. Fishermen refer to large colonies as
‘trees’. This is appropriate because colonies provide ...

Obesity is a growing health concern in Nueces County. In fact, three years ago the county seat of Nueces County, Corpus Christi, was reported as the “Fattest City in America” by Men’s Health magazine (Colleti and Masters, ...